Exhibit features the work of noted photographer Wallie V. Funk

A photographic exhibit featuring images taken by noted and prolific photojournalist Wallie V. Funk opened at Western Washington University on Jan. 4, 2016 in Western Libraries Special Collections. This exhibit will be available for viewing weekdays between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., (excluding weekends and holidays).

During his long career as a photographer, journalist and co-owner of the Anacortes American, the Whidbey News-Times, and the South Whidbey Record, Funk photographed a diverse and eclectic range of subjects, including: several U.S. presidential visits to the state of Washington; the Beatles’ and Rolling Stones’ concerts in Seattle; the 1970 Penn Cove whale capture; local and regional accidents and disasters (both natural and man-made); and community events and military activities on Fidalgo and Whidbey islands.

At 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2 in Special Collections, there will be a special panel presentation, “When Local Becomes National: The Legacy and Impact of Pacific Northwest Photojournalist Wallie V. Funk,” featuring three panelists who are familiar with Funk and his body of work.

Panelists are: Paul Cocke, director of Western’s Office of Communications and Marketing and former news editor of the Anacortes American; Theresa Trebon, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and Local Historian; and Scott Terrell, photojournalist for the Skagit Valley Herald and WWU Journalism instructor.

Panelists will discuss Funk’s contributions and their place in the history of local and national photojournalism. This special presentation is sponsored by Western Libraries Heritage Resources, the WWU Department of Journalism and Western’s Office of Communications and Marketing.

The photographs on display in the exhibit represent a small sample from a far larger collection of papers, prints, and negatives donated by Walle V. Funk to the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in 2003. If you are interested in learning more about this collection, contact Heritage.Resources@wwu.edu

For more information about this exhibit and the panel presentation, please contact Western Libraries Special Collections Manager Tamara Belts at (360) 650-3193 or Tamara.Belts@wwu.edu.